To (System) All TREC Holder Participants Subject Amendments in the CDC Regulations for implementation of KYC Regime by NCCPL and introduction of CRF and Sahulat Account Attachment CDC Circular No. 03 of 2019 dated April 17, 2019 Priority High Message Dear TREC Holder Participants,   CDC has issued Circular No. 03 of 2019 dated April…

Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited and Telenor Microfinance Bank Limited recently signed an MOU at CDC House on the 14th of February, 2019, for the facilitation of CDC account holders in Biometric verification and collection of funds through Easypaisa.

1. What role does CDC play in Pakistan Capital Market?

CDC, as the sole securities depository of Pakistan, serves as the core infrastructure institution of our Capital Market. CDC’s foundation was laid in the early 1990s, when a huge increase in trading volumes made physical handling of paper-based shares / certificates a laborious and time consuming task. Introducing scripless form of securities settlement in Pakistan had become a necessity. CDC was thus established to operate a Central Depository System (CDS), which transformed how stock changed hands in Pakistan’s Capital Market by introducing an electronic book entry form for handling and transfer of securities. Currently, CDC is entrusted with maintaining assets worth PKR 4.7 trillion and our depository system is the underlying framework supporting the average daily trading of securities worth millions of rupees on Pakistan Stock Exchange.

A delegation from The Australian High Commission in Islamabad recently visited the head office of the Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited in Karachi.

Central Depository Company hosted a dinner in the honour of Mr. Mushtaq Chhapra, Chairman – The Citizens Foundation (TCF). Mr. Chhapra has recently been conferred the prestigious civil award, ‘Sitara-e-Imtiaz’

On May 21, 2016, Central Depository Company (CDC), in collaboration with all partner entities of Abbottabad Sarmayakari Markaz (ASM) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), organized a large scale Investor Awareness Seminar in Abbottabad.

Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited in collaboration with Auerbach Grayson & Company (AGCO) organized Pakistan Investor Days,